Five Wisconsin meat processing businesses have been awarded expansion grants. State ag secretary Randy Romanski tells Brownfield 200-thousand dollars was in the state budget to help local processors meet demand. “And the goal with those grants is to increase throughput in the industry, help the industry expand, and clearly add capacity. What we’ve heard from the industry is that there are in some cases a year-and-a-half to two-year backlogs to get animals in processing.”
Romanski says the five businesses received no more than 50-thousand dollars each to improve their ability to serve more customers.
